Questions about RS changes on a new cleric

[Kyln]

I recently rerolled my cleric with the following stats.

Human:

Strength: 16
Dexterity: 8
Constitution: 14
Intelligence: 8
Wisdom: 18
Charisma: 8

My plan was to continue to put level up points into wisdom and possibly splash a level of fighter later on to do more melee damage when my offensive spells seemed to be missing more. From reading the various threads, it seemed to me that a respec in feats would allow me to pretty easily move from a devoted to offensive caster to a cleric good at heals, bb, and a modest melee with the stats that I picked. However, with the Radiant Servant changes (no longer able to extend aura) I am not sure if the 8 Charisma will give me enough turns to make full use of the aura that I will now be getting at level 12.

I am only level 2, so rerolling again is absolutely no problem at all. I want a caster cleric that can put out damage in spells, hit things when needed, and still be a solid healer.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

[Chette]

I believe they are changing it so that you don't get the healing aura until level 12 now. By level 13 you can pick up a +6 Cha item, so you should be fine.

If you plan on splashing fighter I would do it early rather than later, as that's when it provides the most benefit. With a high wisdom you will rarely have a problem with blade barriers not landing.

[excess]

You get 3 + charisma modifier turns per rest.

Assuming you just get a +6 item and a +2 tome at some point in the future, you could still attain 6 turns as a base amount. Spending some AP, you could get up to 4 more turns, bringing your total up to 10.

At a regen rate of 2/min. and a lvl20 duration for the aura of 1m30 (unextended - don't recall the exact number) you'd be waiting on your turn regen attempt after roughly 56 minutes of non-stop aura. With just the 6 turns, around 32 minutes would be the magic number.

[Kyln]

Thank you for the replies. I am glad to know that I don't need to sweat the low Charisma level.

[Kilnedric]

When are they making this change, and where do you find out such things?

(I checked the general discussion, but didn't see anything there.)

[excess]

It was posted on the lammania forum I believe and will go live with the release of U5 patch 1 (whenever that is).

[DrNuegebauer]

You get 3 + charisma modifier turns per rest.

Assuming you just get a +6 item and a +2 tome at some point in the future, you could still attain 6 turns as a base amount. Spending some AP, you could get up to 4 more turns, bringing your total up to 10.


He could also take advantage of the cleric charisma line (+2) - which is one of the options as a pre-req for RS II.